Local states probably had less-organized institutions, such as halls of study, village schools, and district schools.
In High School, some teachers may write you hall passes to work on a specific project, to get you out of study hall.
Elsewhere, the temperature seems to clash with the chilly notion of study hall.
Instead of study hall, there were school assemblies held in an auditorium, though not every morning, and sometimes the school band played.
Harvard Law School's Langdell Hall, long the center of study for Harvard law students but well-known for its less than comfortable conditions, was renovated in 1996.
So far, she seems to be just as successful as her peers, who took the required courses and electives, sat through endless hours of study hall and went to the junior and senior prom.
Three senior classes graduated having earned credit for "advisory" or "skills" classes, the equivalent of study hall, even though there was no instruction or curriculum for those classes, the report said.
That is what led Amber Lambke and Allan Grinshtein to start a group called the New York Nightowls, a sort of study hall for entrepreneurs, freelancers and software developers who gather at 10 every Tuesday night and stay as late as 4 a.m.
(For the record, my son Adam — whose 10-year-old adult inside was initially ignored by me — was recruited to dive by Division I colleges, and the one he selected didn't give us a cent, though there is a major benefit: college swim team members must attend 10 hours of study hall a week).
Judging by his performance on Friday in the first round of the N.C.A.A. tournament, it is hard to believe that one day Dale slipped out of study hall and called Cornell Coach Steve Donahue, asking if it was O.K. if he sent him a highlight tape.
